The Colfax Massacre

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1. "Carpetbag Misrule"

What a crock. State administration in the decade immediately following the civil war was among the LEAST corrupt in southern history. What made that era so infuriating to southern whites was the fact that African Americans could and did vote, and that African Americans were elected to office. The removal of federal troops made possible a reign of racist terror that undid all the gains made since Emancipation, ground which wasn't recovered until almost a century later.

Thanks for this post. An amazing image.